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1535189

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many eligible recipients have not received a disability cost of living payment as of 21 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>We will periodically make payments to people who have later been found to be eligible and have not yet received a payment. The payments will continue to be made automatically in the same way the qualifying benefit or tax credit is paid.</p><p> </p><p>The timetable for when Cost of Living Payments are made is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) </a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions has published management information on the total number of Disability Cost of Living Payments made. As of 30 September 2022, 6,000,000 Disability Cost of Living payments had been made.</p><p>The information which will be updated as new payments are made can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-payment-management-information/cost-of-living-payment-management-information" target="_blank">Cost of Living Payment management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 14:54:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535191

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Basic State Pension in meeting the needs of pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The State Pension is the foundation of state support for older people. Since 2010, the full yearly amount of the basic State Pension has risen by over £2,300, in cash terms. That's £720 more than if it had been uprated by prices, and £570 more than if it had been uprated by earnings since 2010. The Government has committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>People in receipt of the basic State Pension may additionally receive some earnings-related additional State Pension or, if they had been contracted out, a work based pension or a combination of the two.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 13:36:45 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535197

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals her Department has received that have resulted in the cost of living payment being provided retrospectively after a nil award.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>There is no right of appeal against a Cost-of-Living Payment. Claimants have a right to appeal their benefit entitlement on the qualifying date and, if they are later found to have been entitled to a payment of a qualifying benefit in respect of the qualifying date, they will automatically be paid the Cost-of-Living Payment.</p><p /><p>A form to report potential missed payments for the first Cost of Living Payment was provided on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Welcome to GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> for anyone who thought they should have received the payment but hadn’t.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 16:28:17 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535201

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Cost of Living Payments: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals for retrospective payment of the cost of living payment have been successful following an initial nil award.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	69652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>There is no right of appeal against a Cost-of-Living Payment. Claimants have a right to appeal their benefit entitlement on the qualifying date and, if they are later found to have been entitled to a payment of a qualifying benefit in respect of the qualifying date, they will automatically be paid the Cost-of-Living Payment.</p><p /><p> </p><p>A form to report potential missed payments for the first Cost of Living Payment was provided on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Welcome to GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> for anyone who thought they should have received the payment but hadn’t.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 16:26:28 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1535356

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies there are in England (a) in total and (b) by region.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	69750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Regional figures on the number of job vacancies are not published by the ONS.</p><p> </p><p>ONS data shows that there are 1.25 million job vacancies in the UK in Jul-Sep 2022. This number has been falling for three consecutive quarters from a record high of 1.3 million.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS publishes a weekly index of regional online job adverts, which give us an idea of regional trends in vacancies. As we can see from the data below, online job adverts have fallen in every English region since last year, meaning we are successfully filling vacancies in the labour market and getting people into work.</p><p> </p><p>Change on the year in Online Job Adverts by Region</p><p>England: -19.5%</p><p>North East: -27.5%</p><p>North West: -16.9%</p><p>Yorkshire &amp; the Humber: -20.4%</p><p>East Midlands: -28.3%</p><p>West Midlands: -25%</p><p>East of England: -22.7%</p><p>London: -16.9%</p><p>South East: -15.9%</p><p>South West: -17.2%</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 13:39:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1535496

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children of compulsory school age live in households in England in receipt of universal credit with a household income after tax and before benefits of less than (a) £7,400, (b) £8,350 and (c) £8,575 a year.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	69809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>In May 2022, 2.15 million children of compulsory school age lived in households in England in receipt of universal credit. 780,000 of those children lived in households with no income in May 2022.</p><p>(a) 1.07 million children of compulsory school age lived in households in England with a monthly equivalent income in May 2022 of less than £7,400 a year.</p><p>(b) 1.16 million children of compulsory school age lived in households in England with a monthly equivalent income in May 2022 of less than £8,350 a year.</p><p>(c) 1.18 million children of compulsory school age lived in households in England with a monthly equivalent income in May 2022 of less than £8,575 a year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Children of compulsory school age is defined as children who will be between the ages of 5 and 16 inclusively on 31st August 2022</p><p>2. Figures for children in households with incomes less than £X include households with no income</p><p>3. May 2022 aligns with most recently data from published Stat-Xplore figures</p><p>4. Figures rounded to nearest hundred thousand children</p><p>5. Not all UC claimants will have been receiving UC for a full year, and DWP only holds earnings information for claimants once they start a UC claim. Yearly incomes are therefore calculated by multiplying the monthly incomes in May 2022 by 12.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has provided over £37bn of support including up to £650 in cost-of-living Payments (paid in 2 lump sums of £326 and £324) which have targeted support at around 8 million low-income households on means-tested benefits. [In addition, 6 million eligible disabled people have received a one-off disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 and pensioner households will receive a one-off payment of £300 through and as an addition to the Winter Fuel Payment from November.]</p><p> </p><p>For those who require additional support we have extended the Household Support Fund backed by £421m, running from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023. The devolved administrations will receive £79 million through the Barnett formula as usual.</p><p> </p><p>The Government are also investing £200 million a year to continue the Holiday Activities and Food Programme, which benefitted over 600,000 children last summer, and we have increased the value of the Healthy Start Scheme by a third to £4.25 a week.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 15:24:20 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1535551

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2022 to Question 51977 on Pension Credit, whether she has plans to improve how pension credit (a) eligibility and (b) take up is monitored.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	69806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the methodology for determining the number of people eligible for Pension Credit and take-up of Pension Credit.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 13:43:32 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1525058

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support to women affected by the raise in state pension age who are ineligible for the (a) winter fuel allowance and (b) cost of living payments in the context of the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
uin	68496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing a financial safety net for those who need it, including when they near or reach retirement. Support is already available to those who are unable to work or are on a low income but are not eligible to pensioner benefits because of their age.</p><p> </p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and has taken further decisive action to support people with their energy bills. The Energy Price Guarantee is supporting millions of households with rising energy costs, and the Chancellor made clear it will continue to do so from now until April next year. This is in addition to the over £37bn of Cost of Living support announced earlier this year which includes the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>To support people who need additional help, the Government is providing an extra £500 million of local support. In England this will be via the Household Support Fund, which will be extended from this October to March 2023 backed by £421m. The Household Support Fund helps those in most need with payments towards the rising cost of food, energy and water bills. The Government has issued guidance to Local Authorities to ensure support is targeted towards those most in need of support, including those not eligible for the Cost of Living Payments set out on 26 May 2022. This brings the total amount provided for this type of support to £1.5 billion since October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/10/2022 13:41:42 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1525068

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in her Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (a) headcount and (b) Full Time Equivalent.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	68538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-02/45646" target="_blank">45646</a> on 23 September.</p><p /> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/10/2022 16:39:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1524619

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of trust-based defined contribution pension scheme accounts there are as of 20 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	67839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>This department does not collect that information. However, statistics on trust-based defined contribution pension schemes is collected by The Pensions Regulator and can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/dc-trust-scheme-return-data-2021-2022" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/dc-trust-scheme-return-data-2021-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:24:29 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms